Chapter 374 : Eris Magic Mirror
Chapter 374: Eris Magic Mirror
Brilliant light dazzled, and magic power surged.
As three dazzling beams of light burst forth from the hexagonal magic stones, almost in an instant, the three stones fused into one. Carrying with them a tremendous wave of magic power, they poured into Anthony-Rook’s silver mirror.
“Plop—”
It was as if a pebble had been cast into the surface of a lake. At the moment the magic stones sank into the silver mirror, ripple-like waves spread outward across the mirror’s surface.
Immediately after, the light subsided. Before the surrounding people had the chance to carefully observe, all the strange phenomena on the silver mirror vanished completely.
“Before we begin, let’s sign the confidentiality contract first.”
No sooner had Anthony-Rook’s words fallen than countless silver-white streaks of light flew out from the silver mirror. They swiftly transformed into short lines of text, floating before each wizard apprentice.
“This is—the aura of the Spirit Realm?”
As an experienced summoning apprentice, Janna was the one most familiar with the Spirit Realm among everyone present.
Thus, the very instant the “contract script” formed, Janna sensed the aura of the Spirit Realm from the other side of the silver mirror.
“It seems the Law this mirror-witch tool corresponds to should be the Law of Contracts.”
With that thought, Janna quickly gathered her spirit power to sign the confidentiality contract. At the same time, there was a trace of deep inquiry in her gaze as she looked at the mirror.
Up until now, aside from the Fragment of the Law of Purification and the Fragment of the Law of Beauty, the other two Law Fragments Janna possessed—namely the Fragment of the Law of Growth and the Fragment of the Law of Withering—both corresponded to her A-rank wizard talent: Plant Affinity.
Yet regarding the Law corresponding to her other A-rank talent, Spirit Phase Travel, she had thus far gained no insight at all.
Although Janna understood that when it came to Authorities, depth was preferable to breadth, Spirit Phase Travel was a top-tier mysterious-side summoning talent. In her heart, she was reluctant to give it up.
Even if, after becoming a formal wizard, her primary Law of Authority would still center on the Secondary Laws under the Law of Nature and Life, the sheer power boost brought by a mysterious-side Law was something Janna could not forsake.
After all, the reason Turin City’s recent crisis had been safely resolved was in no small part thanks to Janna’s mysterious-side top-tier talent, which had allowed her to successfully summon the six-winged seraph, Lucifer.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”
After every wizard apprentice had signed the confidentiality contract, the “contract scripts” bearing their names turned back into silver-white streaks of light and sank into the mirror, disappearing from sight.
“Now that the contracts are signed, everyone shall proceed in roll-call order, stepping forward to the Eris Magic Mirror to begin the preliminary evaluation.”
“So this witch tool’s name is the Eris Magic Mirror—
In Mykethan, ‘Eris’ means ‘truth.’ From Anthony-Rook’s simple words, Janna could already guess that this mirror not only forged contracts but also served to examine one’s talents.
Only, Janna did not yet know to what level of precision the mirror could evaluate.
“Janna Roland.”
Hmm?
Just as Janna’s attention was still fixed on the Eris Magic Mirror, Anthony-Rook’s voice rang in her ear at just the right moment.
“Let’s start with you.”
Me first?
The instant Anthony-Rook spoke, over a hundred pairs of eyes in the Combat Training Field turned toward Janna, who was still seated, like beams of searchlights focusing on a single target.
As the center of everyone’s attention, Janna’s eyes flickered briefly in distraction. But soon, she stood up calmly and walked toward the Eris Magic Mirror with composure.
“Anthony, the evaluation has only just begun, and you’re already sending your academy’s ace first—don’t you think that’s a little unfair?”
Seeing that the first person Anthony-Rook called forward was the currently high-profile Janna, Lucia-Heigel voiced her complaint. Yet in her eyes, the admiration she held toward Janna was undisguised.
“After all, the wizards of the White Tower are watching from the other side of the mirror. If we don’t show something impressive from the start, they might look down on us.”
As Lucia-Heigel had said before, this preliminary evaluation was being monitored in real-time by White Tower wizards.
And as the “recording officers,” those White Tower wizards were not only observing Turin’s gathering but also dozens of other third-tier wizard settlements undergoing their evaluations at the same time.
For Turin—a mid-to-small wizard gathering under Dordogne’s jurisdiction, ranked relatively low among settlements—
to secure a place in the so-called “White Tower Trial,” which was less about admissions and more a redistribution of resources, their only path was through sustained “high-profile” performance and exposure. That was the way for a place like Turin to survive.
“Headmaster Anthony, what should I do next?”
Since Janna had no idea how exactly the Eris Magic Mirror tested talent, she quietly asked Anthony-Rook after stepping up before the mirror.
“Relax. The moment you step before the Eris Magic Mirror, the test has already begun.”
That efficient?
Hearing his words, Janna’s gaze involuntarily turned toward the mirror again. Yet apart from her own reflection, she detected nothing unusual at all.
“Next comes soul detection. All you need to do now is keep walking straight ahead until you pass through the mirror’s surface. If the mirror produces no other abnormal reaction, that will mean your test is complete.”
“Soul detection?”
Hearing that unfamiliar term, Janna felt as if she were undergoing a “full-body CT scan” from her previous life.
Only, whereas a CT scan examined the physical body, the Eris Magic Mirror probed the soul. That difference gave her a strong sense of violation, as if a secret part of her were being spied upon.
“Pop—”
As Janna stepped into the mirror’s surface, which rippled like the surface of a lake, a sudden sensation of weightlessness swept over her soul, spinning her world upside down.
“What—what’s happening?”
Though this was supposed to be just a simple evaluation, Janna felt her will sinking rapidly within the strange, weightless sensation. Her vision darkened swiftly.
“Could it be that something is wrong with my soul?”
Just as that thought struck her, the “tree seed” hidden within Janna’s soul suddenly emerged into her soul-vision, breaking its usual concealment.